Claude Jarman, Jr.

Claude Jarman Jr. represents the rare child star whose story aged gracefully. Plucked out of Nashville to play Jody in The Yearling, he won a Juvenile Oscar at twelve on the strength of that clear, open-faced sincerity. What moves me is that he didn't simply coast on early cuteness; he went on to real work in Intruder in the Dust and Rio Grande, films with actual moral weight. So many child actors burn out, yet his career carried genuine substance. He passed in 2025, but that luminous boy on black-and-white film is permanent. I admire a talent that grew rings rather than flaming out.

Name (English)

Claude Jarman, Jr.

Name (Japanese)

クロード・ジャーマン Jr.

Reading

くろーど・じゃーまん Jr.

Born

September 27, 1934 (age 91)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dog

Origin

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Occupation

actor / film actor

Awards & achievements

• 1947 Academy Juvenile Award
• Academy Honorary Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude%20Jarman%20Jr.
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q736243

Tags

• Tennessee
• actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.